Description

This volume features 60 outstanding madrigals for SATB, selected from a vast array of potential options. Prominent composers of the genre are showcased with multiple madrigals, while lesser-known figures are included with one or more selections.

Songs / Content

• 1. Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis [Wilbye, John]
• 2. Adieu, Ye City-Prisoning Towers [Tomkins, Thomas]
• 3. Ah, Dear Heart [Gibbons, Orlando]
• 4. All Creatures Now [Bennett, John]
• 5. April Is In My Mistress' Face [Morley, Thomas]
• 6. As Vesta Was [Weelkes, Thomas]
• 7. Come Away, Sweet Love [Greaves, Thomas]
• 8. Come, Gentle Swains [Cavendish, Michael]
• 9. Come, Sable Night [Ward, John]
• 10. Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho! [Weelkes, Thomas]
• 11. Consture My Meaning [Farnaby, Giles]
• 12. Dainty Fine Bird [Gibbons, Orlando]
• 13. Draw On, Sweet Night [Wilbye, John]
• 14. Fair Nymphs, I Heard One Telling [Farmer, John]
• 15. Fair Phyllis I Saw [Farmer, John]
• 16. Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers [Wilbye, John]
• 17. Fyer, Fyer! [Morley, Thomas]
• 18. Hard By A Crystal Fountain [Morley, Thomas]
• 19. Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints [Weelkes, Thomas]
• 20. Hence, Care, Thou Art Too Cruel [Weelkes, Thomas]
• 21. I Love, Alas, I Love Thee [Morley, Thomas]
• 22. Lady, When I Behold [Wilbye, John]
• 23. Leave, Alas, This Tormenting [Morley, Thomas]
• 24. Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby [Byrd, William]
• 25. Mother, I Will Have A Husband [Vautor, Thomas]
• 26. Music Divine [Tomkins, Thomas]
• 27. My Bonny Lass She Smileth [Morley, Thomas]
• 28. No Haste But Good [East, Michael]
• 29. Now Is The Month Of Maying [Morley, Thomas]
• 30. O Care, Thou Wilt Despatch Me [Weelkes, Thomas]
• 31. O That The Learned Poets [Gibbons, Orlando]
• 32. O What Shall I Do? [Wilbye, John]
• 33. O Yes! Has Any Found A Lad? [Tomkins, Thomas]
• 34. Out From The Vale [Ward, John]
• 35. Poor Is The Life [East, Michael]
• 36. Quick, Quick, Away, Dispatch! [East, Michael]
• 37. See What A Maze Of Error [Kirbye, George]
• 38. See, See The Shepherds' Queen [Tomkins, Thomas]
• 39. Since Robin Hood [Weelkes, Thomas]
• 40. Sing We And Chant It [Morley, Thomas]
• 41. Sing We At Pleasure [Weelkes, Thomas]
• 42. Sleep, Fleshly Birth [Ramsey, Robert]
• 43. Strike It Up, Tabor [Weelkes, Thomas]
• 44. Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees [Wilbye, John]
• 45. Sweet Suffolk Owl [Vautor, Thomas]
• 46. The Andalusian Merchant [Weelkes, Thomas]
• 47. The Silver Swan [Gibbons, Orlando]
• 48. This Sweet And Merry Month Of May [Byrd, William]
• 49. Those Sweet Delightful Lilies [Bateson, Thomas]
• 50. Though Amaryllis Dance [Byrd, William]
• 51. Though Philomela Lost Her Love [Morley, Thomas]
• 52. Thule, The Period Of Cosmography [Weelkes, Thomas]
• 53. Too Much I Once Lamented [Tomkins, Thomas]
• 54. Trust Not Too Much, Fair Youth [Gibbons, Orlando]
• 55. Weep, O Mine Eyes [Bennett, John]
• 56. Weep, Weep, Mine Eyes [Wilbye, John]
• 57. What Is Our Life? [Gibbons, Orlando]
• 58. Whither Away So Fast? [Morley, Thomas]
• 59. Yet, Sweet, Take Heed [Wilbye, John]